Two citizens were killed and another 23 wounded due to terrorist attack with a mortar round launched on Bab Touma neighborhood in Damascus.

A source at the Police Command said that a mortar shell landed in the vicinity of Bab Touma Square near al-Thaqafi Mosque, killing two citizens and wounding 23.

The attack also caused material damage in the area.

Meanwhile, a source at Damascus Police Command told SANA that two civilians were killed and 36 were injured in three terrorist mortar attacks on the area surrounding Dar al-Salam school and al-Salhiyeh neighborhood in Damascus.

The attacks also caused material damage to private properties.

Meanwhile, one civilian was injured in terrorist mortar attacks in al-Zablatani area.

Damascus Police Command source told SANA that terrorists fired 5 mortar shells on al-Khazen and al-Dawamneh squares in Souk al-Hal in the area, causing the injury of a civilian and material damage to the cars parked in the place.

Four more mortar rounds were fired at the plant nurseries in al-Adawi area, resulting in injuring one woman and causing material damage to private properties.

A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA’s correspondent that terrorists detonated an explosive device they had attached to a taxi parked near Khaled Bin al-Walid Mosque in Dummar area, and that the blast only caused material damage.

Health Minister visits victims of mortar attacks in Damascus

Health Minister Saad al-Nayef visited the civilians injured in the aforementioned mortar attacks on Dar al-Salam and al-Salihiye areas, checking up on their conditions and the medical services provided to them at the hospitals they were rushed to.

On another note, al-Nayef refuted the allegations propagated by biased media channels which claim that there are 84,000 cases of polio in Syria, saying that these allegations are mere lies.